Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for millions of physician office visits and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations per year. Minor UTIs can often resolve on their own, but many UTIs can present issues when left untreated, resulting in further complications and even death.
 

With the evolution of multi-medication resistant organisms, clinical diagnosis of UTIs has become more complex. Up to one-third of UTIs show resistance to antibiotics. As such, the development of advanced diagnostics is critical for accurate identification of the pathogens causing the infection in your patients.
 

Time is of the essence because an improper diagnosis or ineffective treatment plan for a UTI could cause:

 

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• Ongoing discomfort

• Chronic infections

• Permanent kidney damage

• Urethral narrowing in men

• Life-threatening sepsis